Massachusetts Gaming Commission

The third time was the charm for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission as its regulators voted Thursday to award the state’s first sports betting license to Encore Boston Harbor after deferring similar votes for other outlets earlier in the week. The commission’s unanimous vote put the Everett casino owned by Wynn Resorts a big step closer to accepting in-person wagers...

As the Gaming Commission prepares to evaluate and possibly vote on Massachusetts’s first sports betting licenses this week, regulators got scant public input Monday on applications from the state’s existing slots parlor and casinos. The 10 a.m. hearing was meant to allow members of the public to weigh in on the three applications for in-person sports betting that commissioners...